FREEMAN v. HITTLE

No. 82-3675.

747 F.2d 1299 (1984)

George FREEMAN, individually and on behalf of The Sanctuary, a Universal Life Church Monastery, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leroy HITTLE, L.H. Pedersen, Kazuo Watanabe, Donald Eldridge, Keith Lewellen, Wes Parks, Dave Goyette, Michael Challinor, and Dean Turner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1984.

As Amended January 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Stafne, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary Ann Condon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before ANDERSON, SKOPIL, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

George Freeman, individually and on behalf of The Sanctuary, a Universal Life Church Monastery (ULC), appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of members and employees of the Washington State Liquor Control Board (LCB). The ULC, which has a predominately homosexual membership, operates an establishment called The Sanctuary. Freeman, who is a minister of the ULC, raises several issues on appeal, all involving...

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